The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-05-28

the young mans eyesl He put his hand
to his bosom, as though he would draw
out the Spanish dirk he always carried.
Mother of Christi he cried, show she
tears me! shall this woman killr' Such
tableau as that I hope never to see
again!
Madam, standing erect and rigid as
statue, her lips curling with scorn, as she
confronted the fiery West Indian. The
Professor thoroughly alarmed, and Gen
ME, pale as marble with an hystericsl sob
in her throat, clutching at Gonzales's
arm, and entreating him to be calm.
'Don'tl don't hurt her she whispered
hoarsely. Let us go. OF let us go away.
Frank help usP and she turned appeal
ingly to me. I sprang from my chair,
where had been rooted by surprise and
dismay. This movement broke the spell,
Gonzales turned to Gennie with look of
tenderest love, and clasping her is his
arms, murmured in musical tones: "You
are my ownl my sweet. Yes, we will no
longer stayp and with one arm thrown
protectingly around her, they moved to-
ward the door. But alasl for my poor
cousin. The tense nerves gave way and
with feeble moan, she tainted.
"'Olmy white dove! My lambl My lilyp
he cried in an agony of grief, They
have killed you'll and he bore her to the
sofa, kissing her hands and face as he
knelt over her there, lying so white and
still.
"Madam left the room; the Professor
caught up bottle of cologne, attempting
to sprinkle her face. Gonzales glared at
him-'Touch her not. She is mine, only
mineP then, bursting into tears, cried in
an agony: God of my life, she is deadp
rushed out after help and restoratives,
but it was long time before the poor
child returned to consciousness. Fatigue,
excitement and terror operating upon
her naturally delicate constitution and
over-wrought nerves, she was completely
Frustrated. When the physician arrived,
he shook his head gravely; ordered the
closest care and perfect quiet, saying that
her life depended on it. For weeks she
struggled with brain fever, her existence
hanging, as it were, upon a thread. At
length nature triumphed, and she drifted
slowly back to life. Only to learn that
her husband, as she now persisted in call
ing him, had been suddenly recalled to
Cuba to assist in the revolution there
which was then reaching its climax.
"For weeks he had vibrated between his
rooms at the University and the mansion,
vainly seeking for improvement in his be-
loved. 1t was the same report: "she is
still delirious." Once indeed Huldah,
taking pity on him at sight of his bag
gard face and beseeching eyes, admitted
him to the sick chamber. But in vain he
murmured over her in the musical Ian
guage of his birth, all the endearing
words which she loved to hear There
was no response, she did not know him;
and sad, and almost hopeless, he left her
never to meet her againl To Huldah,
her faithful nurse and maid, my cousin
had revealed her marriage, though not
until after her stepmother's return from
Virginia. This faithful friend, (from
Gennies earliest years. advised her to
confess the fact at that time. But while
under a sense of fear toward her stately
guardian, she was also self-willed, and de-
termined not to acquaint her with the
situation until mistress OF her own for
tune.
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